A subjugated princess will never die a vagabond

After all, the money in the Gospel Reformation Center does not belong to her personally. The girl still only has a pitiful one hundred Thai pounds and a bank card given by Arista.

After the "fall" of the Grace House, the Diru family's originally dominant counterattack fell into a stalemate. Cloris told old Jotun to keep an eye on the time to strike. Don't let the Indigo Club fight too easily, and don't let the Abam family steal Take the fruits of victory.

On this day, she received the first guest in the temporary office under the small square on Zaoxing Street.

The small square on Zaoxing Street was a crowded market when it was prosperous. Unfortunately, due to the shortage of supplies, a large number of small merchants and hawkers disappeared. After Cloris plans to build a church in this place, the small square will also be revitalized.

The guest was a middle-aged bald man with a beard. Although his description was rough, his attitude was prudent and not reckless.

In the dimly lit office, only an orange desk lamp slightly illuminates Cloris's figure. Her fingers are staggered on her chest, and she maintains a gloomy sense of mystery in the dark environment.

Cloris plans to live here for a long time. In order to deal with possible dangers, she doesn't let her environment have too many light sources.

In other words, she was ready for the arrival of the Grace House killer.

"Mr. Abam, the evangelical correctional center is short of funds and cannot pay the electricity bill. Please forgive me."

Hearing Cloris' apology, Kamal Abam cursed secretly, and said with a smile on the surface: "Your Excellency is a popular person in front of Bishop Maxi, and you are so thrifty and abide by the true meaning of the sun. It's no wonder that when I came, the neighbors respected and loved you so much."

"You are too much, this is just the sun that made me come to shine on the filthy world, and I should do it."

"Your Excellency is worthy of the title of 'Saint'."

"This is not a priesthood, it depends on everyone's praise."

Kamal Abam sneered at the pretentious woman in front of him.Illuminate the world?Then what are you doing to make the room so dark!

However, this woman is different from the leader of the gang he used to deal with. In the past, no one could have anything to do with the Church of the Sun. Her existence shows that the Church of the Sun is about to come to an end when it comes to the commercial port.

With the Sun Church as a behemoth, the Abam family does not want to have friction with the "Gospel Correctional Institute".

Seeing that the woman told him a lot of nonsense, Kamal Abam had no choice but to get straight to the point: "I come here with sincerity, as long as you are willing to sell the Dilu family's wharf, we can support you to annex the Indigull Club and the Dilu family. Other sites of the Lu family."

"I need your support?" Cloris seemed to be amused by this stupid proposal, and her crisp, melodious but inexplicably cold laughter rang like a silver bell.

Kamol Abam frowned and said, "Your Excellency really thinks that you will be invincible if you go to the Church of the Sun?"

"Are you teaching me to do things?"

All of a sudden, swaying figures emerged from the darkness, and the girl's voice came from all directions. For a moment, Kamal Abam felt himself being held around the neck by a knife.

What the woman in front of me has been doing in recent days is too aggressive. As the second in command of the Abam family, he must come to discuss cooperation with her in person. He opened his mouth to test Cloris' bottom line, and so on. Pay back the money.

However, Kamal Abam didn't expect Cloris to be more assertive than he imagined. People with this kind of character would die miserably if they didn't have the skills, but if they had the skills, they would be extremely difficult to deal with.

"Of course not, but..." Kamal Abam said calmly, "If you eat half of the commercial port, do you think the Church of the Sun can still sit?"

"Do you think that I joined the holy religion for the so-called dirty interests!!?" Cloris seemed to be greatly humiliated, and angrily shot up.

"..." Kamol Abam had a headache, and he could only say bluntly, "Your Excellency is naturally a respectable and devout believer, but the greater interests of the city that never sleeps do not come from the commercial port. If we do not cooperate sincerely, It's mutual internal friction, which will only increase the ridicule and use of others."

That's where Kamal Abam came in.

The Abam family relied on Luentia, even if the Duke's Mansion could not touch the Church of the Sun, he was not afraid of the annexation of the "Gospel Correctional Institute".

"The greater good? Who? Where?"

"In the Everbright City Chamber of Commerce, among those merchants who have mastered trade channels and are hoarding," Abam said, "We need to work together to set prices, so as not to fall into internal friction and be taken advantage of by those people."

240. Contradictions

The trade volume of the city that never sleeps is decreasing, and the number of ships moored is also decreasing.

In other words, there is also a strong competition for the controllers of the terminal.

The storage fee here is high, and the ship has a choice to go elsewhere. You don’t accept bribes here, and you charge customs duties according to actual regulations, and merchants can also go to the opponent’s berth.

In addition, the related industries that rely on commercial ports are currently oversupplied. In order to attract more ships, they can only fiddle with various preferential treatments such as prices. The involution between gangs is equally fierce.

The Abam family obviously wanted to "share the world" with the Gospel Correctional Institute.

Even though Kamol Abam was sacked, his face remained unchanged: "If you want to help the Church of the Sun win the hearts of the people, it is not enough to rely on alms." Si said, "The Chamber of Commerce, the Chamber of Commerce is the big problem. If those profiteers continue to hoard and control the trade, the money you donate will be stolen by those vampires."

Night City Chamber of Commerce...

Cloris remained silent, she kept an eye out: "Who do you represent, the Abam Family, or the Duke's Mansion?"

Kamol Abam said with a smile: "Is this important? The big man has the enemy of the big man, and our small character also has the opponent of the small character. As long as the masters behind us don't turn against each other, then we will always have the opportunity to cooperate..."

Cloris found that the bald head in front of her was not easy to deal with.

What does he want to do?Just working with yourself, or... Want to get on board with the Church of the Sun too?

If it's the latter, she must remain extremely vigilant and strengthen her irreplaceability in the Church of the Sun, for example—loyalty!

Cloris is a devout believer, and it is absolutely impossible to be compared by these crooked ways.

"You can't get your hands on the site of the Indigo Society. I want three of the nine piers of the Dilu family." Cloris took out the blueprint and drew a dividing line on the left and right sides.

The largest wharf, out of these three, can earn no less than the other six combined.

But Cloris gave up a lot of land far away from the shoreline, which was not unacceptable in Kamol Abam's view.

The reason why girls do this is mainly due to the scarcity of manpower.

The stall is too large, and it may not be able to hold it in the end. If there is a problem with governance, the residents will have to blame her instead.

While promoting missionary work, Cloris also strengthened the public's impression of her title as "Little Saint". If she takes credit for the tax cuts, even the citizens of other territories will be grateful to her. As long as the policy is implemented for a few months, the vast majority of citizens will never forget her.

Evangelical education lacks reliable grassroots manpower, let alone middle-level cadres, and most of the work has to be done by nuns and monks on a voluntary basis. Such an empty air is actually very unstable.

Cloris felt that she didn't have much governance ability, but if she was to compare with the aristocrats in the city that never sleeps, she still had some advantages.

After sending Abam away, Cloris had a headache again: "There is a shortage of people..."

There is definitely no shortage of people, but if the people are all of the kind of hooligan-style literacy, it will not be of any help at all.

In addition to management talents, she also lacks extraordinary people to support the scene. Various conditions restrict the girl, and she must rely on the power of the Church of the Sun to survive.

Cloris doesn't care that the Church of the Sun meddles in the affairs of the Gospel Penitentiary, nor does she care that the Church of the Sun takes away her little bit of power and status that can only be squeezed between her teeth, as long as the church promotes positive ideas and can serve the people at the bottom. Bring ideas and education, it will be countless times faster than her behind closed doors.

She only needs to secretly take credit for herself and study the scriptures hard to steal power and status.

Anyway, the Church of the Sun has to employ people, doesn't it?Even if he wants to kick her away like Luntia, how many years will it take?Ten years, 20 years?

There are too many things she can do during this period. She, Cloris, is not sure if she is on Hurricane Island. In a sense, she is still a member of the Stonemasons Association.

Moreover, Cloris is not self-confident enough to compare herself with the dignified duke.

"Oh." The girl sighed, she had never been so busy.

During this period of time, he was busy coming and going, so he rarely had time to delve into magic and anatomy of spiritual veins.

As mentioned above, many official skills have supporting spells, which can be used by a small number of talented "magicians".

For example, in terms of shadow puppets, combined with [Doctor Shadow Puppet]'s ability to extract mysterious characteristics, there are two more useful abilities: [Shadow Puppet Making] and [Shadow Puppet Possession].

[Shadow Puppet Manufacturing] consumes source power, solidifies the shadow puppet through magic, and then implants the extracted mysterious characteristics into it. The effect will be greatly reduced, but the victory lies in the long-lasting shadow puppet.

At the same time, [Shadow Puppet Possession] is to sew the completed shadow puppet into other objects, so as to surprise.Without the assistance of [Phantom], the shadow puppet is just a mass of dark shadows with a certain substance. It is easy to hide in a dark environment, but it is easy to be exposed when exposed to light, but the experienced [Puppet Doctor] will sew the shadow puppet into other Within things, such as plush toys or even living ordinary people.

Cloris felt that every time she killed someone, she couldn't just dissect the symbol of the spiritual vein and waste it. It would save a lot of money to extract some mysterious characteristics and make it into a shadow puppet.Although the power of each shadow puppet will not be very strong, but it can be produced infinitely, and it basically does not consume source power when used.

She is still studying, and she hasn't fought bad guys much recently, so she lacks the raw materials for practicing magic.

While thinking about this matter, Cloris invited Gerardel over again.

Babu's loyalty is enough. His position in the evangelical reformation center is equivalent to a big helm at the moment. It's just that Cloris separates power and wealth. Like the big rudders of the Indigo Club, sitting on all the industries and fighters in the territory, they can be called "vassals" of one side.

It's just that Babu doesn't have enough brains. If he has some ability to fight, he can only show off in the small fish pond.Jotun is the most favored talent in Cloris. Unfortunately, there is only one Jotun, and he is getting old, and there is no affiliation relationship between the two. It is a bit exaggerated to say that they are family, and it is more appropriate to say that they help each other. .

In comparison, Geraldell, the little boss who had followed her at the "Kraug Brothers Ballroom", could handle more chores. Furthermore, Geraldell had experience in managing commercial ports.

Cloris asked Gerardel to sit across the table, lit the lamp, pointed to the names on the list and asked: "The Abam family wants me to collect tariffs and storage fees according to the members of different chambers of commerce. Abam is especially concerned about this Gerger family by wooing a group and suppressing a group. It seems that if I suppress together with him, he can grab its trade share, come and see."

Tariffs for different commodities in the commercial port are fixed, but the local gangs can’t hold back the connivance of the game between all parties. Even if Cloris and the others are not eligible to increase taxes on the chamber of commerce, as long as they face certain members If you turn a blind eye and close your eyes, the competitiveness of their products can be greatly improved, waiting for smuggling.

This lawless situation is unimaginable in other politically stable city-states.

Geraldell took the list and looked at it. He had no contact with any big people, and he didn't really understand it, but there was one thing that made him feel weird: "The Gegel family is the Duke's right-hand man in the chamber of commerce."

"Huh?" Cloris asked, "Abam was unfaithful to Luentia?"

"This is not a question of loyalty, but anyone who has lived in the city that never sleeps for a long time knows that the duke has a pair of arms and two legs. This arm is the head of the bodyguard, General Mestaker, and the two legs... "

Geraldell stared at the names on the list and said, "These are the two duchesses and their families, one is the Abam family of the Commercial Port, and the other..."

Cloris immediately understood, she couldn't laugh or cry: "Gegeer."

She originally thought that the Abam family had a big structure, but now it seems that it is actually a family matter within Luntia. Is this a house fight between the two wives?

Cloris will not underestimate the Abam family because of this. The family that can be married to Luentia must have more than just the city that never sleeps. Since the Abam family has the idea of ​​Kagger's neck, Cloris will also Not everything.

However, Cloris will not be easily used just because of Kamal Abam's words. She is now relying on the Church of the Sun. As long as she does not commit suicide, within three to five years, she will fight within the rules. will be invincible.

Unless someone can bring down the Church of the Sun—this is almost impossible, the center of the Church of the Sun in the wasteland layer is located in Zuixiang, even if the power that can be projected is limited, it can continue to support the city that never sleeps.

The only thing Cloris is worried about is that the Church of the Sun will stop losses in time and completely give up the idea of ​​invading the deep realm.

Don't blame her for worrying too much, but, with the current size of the empire and the church, it can fully support the slight loss of Hurricane Island.

The mainland of the Holy Manro Empire is close to the heaven on earth, and it is the most affluent in the upper realm.But there are advantages and disadvantages. In terms of colonization, empires that are far away from the lower realm are far inferior to countries that are close to the mist layer such as Teribi and control important shipping routes.

At the beginning of the new century, under the leadership of the Apostles of the Void, the Holy Source Church ended thousands of years of chaotic god wars, drove the old gods to the ancient lower realm, and even the deep realm, so that they could resist the expansion of the abyss, and then sealed the land for the apostles , the force reaches the boundary layer.During this period, only in terms of national strength, the Holy Manro Empire was on par with the Manro Empire under the Void State Religion, and the Seraphim dominated the Church of the Holy Source all the year round.

But after hundreds of years of recuperation, with the establishment of the Explorers Guild by the deep space sages, the remote Bansai Kingdom took the lead in exploring the mist layer of the soil, and unearthed countless technologies and wealth from the ancient sites and the hands of the aborigines. The benefits of looting gradually became apparent.

Compared with the natives who are loose and infested by the abyss, the countries of the Holy Origin can better integrate the relic technology and develop the resources of the deserted island. In the long and slow development, the human beings in the upper realm can gradually create wonders with ease. After the disaster of the void, the first explorer found a way to cross the hurricane and arrived in the deep world. After confirming that the "lost country" that fell to the bottom of the world was not a legend, the Explorers' Guild cooperated with the natives and set off in the deep world. Realm built the first city from the Realm above.

To this day, neither the ancestors of the deep world nor the explorers from the upper world have ever really penetrated into the lost country.

However, every exploration of the ruins will bring new inspiration for technology upgrades.

In this case, the empire also needs an outpost leading to the deep realm, and the elves cannot take the lead.

If Cloris knew this, she would no longer worry about the Church of the Sun running away.

There are very few air routes leading to the deep realm, and most of them are still occupied by Teribi. As for Hurricane Island, they only have trouble and... more trouble.

If it weren't for the mighty Mateo Empire in the east and the unstoppable Kingdom of Farland in the west, the Holy Manro Empire would have sent an army to crush it long ago.

In short, after learning about the quarrel between Luentia's two wives' families, Cloris went to the Canary Firm again.

During this period of time, Theo Pavel Calle Calle was very anxious. After learning that the Grace House was taken away by the Church of the Sun, he was very worried about the safety of his brother. He originally wanted to send someone to ask Cloris for details. But this guy turned into the spokesperson of the Church of the Sun, which made him unable to figure out the reality of the girl, so he could only suppress the emotions in his heart first, so as not to cause more problems.

After hearing that "Clores" had arrived instead of "Shaqima", Theo Pavel Calle hastily invited the girl into the office.

The goblin asked anxiously: "Walsh, what happened to Walsh? Did the Church of the Sun catch him?"

Cloris sat leisurely across the desk and ordered a glass of sweet orange juice—this kind of fruit squeezed (juice) is a luxury in the deep world.

The girl said: "She's fine. If you have asked, you should know that she has become a priest of the Grace Academy."

"Her?" Theo Pavel Calle was stunned, "You know everything?"

"We are close partners now. In fact, she has not been brainwashed by the Grace House," Cloris laughed mysteriously, and said boldly, "You should know [sub-brain], Wolsey used the sub-brain to avoid it." After the baptism, she needs the followers of the Grace House to complete the skill promotion ceremony, so... I want her to continue to lurk in the Grace House."

"You can't put him in danger, this is not the same as the contract we signed!" Theo Pavel Kahler's behavior was exactly the same as that of his relatives. He jumped up on the chair and said angrily, "You said you would Bring him back!"

"You don't have to worry about her safety," Cloris said, "the God-given will protect her."

"!" Theo Pavel Kahler was startled.

The weight of a gifted person is not small. This is a demigod who has half a foot on the threshold. To put it nicely, some demigods may not be able to beat a strong gifted person after they come out of the miracle.

There are only two known God-endowers in the city that never sleeps, the bishop Maxi and the duke, Luentia.

Considering Cloris' tone, it is clear that the Grace House has not been completely eliminated, and Theo Pavel Calle speculates that the Grace House also has God-endowed persons of comparable strength.

Plus the one in Cloris's mouth...

Together, these few people will have no problem tearing down half of the city that never sleeps.

What situation requires so many high-ranking Transcendents?

It sounds like the big uproar over the Grace House is just the beginning?

Therefore, Theo Pavel pressed a button on the table and said through magic communication: "Hey, Lovinci, please prepare the passenger ship from Hurricane Island to 'Batila' for me, and help me at the same time "Book a hotel... What? Publicly funded vacation? No, no, this time, I'm privately funded. In addition, you stop the project of establishing a containment base in the city that never sleeps, and don't pass through Hurricane Island for the latest business, huh? Why? Because..." he said angrily, "this island is a fucking ominous place!"

241. Consider

That is to say, the navigation in the lower realm is inconvenient, there is a serious sense of fragmentation in various regions, and the business model tends to be conservative. Otherwise, what Theo Pavel Calle has to do is not only to prepare the ship to flee, but also to sell the shares of the Night City Chamber of Commerce to cash out— —Fortunately, there is no mature stock market in the deep world, and there are only medium-sized stock exchanges in places where the Explorers' Guild is active. Therefore, the Night City Chamber of Commerce is not listed, and the Canary Firm cannot enter the Night City through capital operation.